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The year '''1764 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events.

==Astronomy==
* [[Joseph Louis Lagrange|Lagrange]] publishes on the [[libration]] of the [[Moon]], and an explanation as to why the same face is always turned to the Earth, a problem which he treats with the aid of [[virtual work]], containing the germ of his idea of generalized [[equations of motion]].

==Physics==
* Specific and latent heats are described by [[Joseph Black]].

==Technology==
* The [[spinning jenny]], a multi-spool [[spinning wheel]], is invented by [[James Hargreaves]] in Stanhill, near [[Blackburn, Lancashire]], England.

==Awards==
* [[Copley Medal]]: [[John Canton]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Copley Medal {{!}} British scientific award |url=https://www.britannica.com/science/Copley-Medal |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |accessdate=21 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

==Births==
* Early – [[James Smithson]], [[British people|British]] [[mineralogist]], chemist and [[Benefactor (law)|benefactor]] (died [[1829 in science|1829]])
* April 3 – [[John Abernethy (surgeon)|John Abernethy]], [[English people|English]] [[surgeon]] (died [[1831 in science|1831]])
* May 4 – [[Joseph Constantine Carpue|Joseph Carpue]], English surgeon (died [[1846 in science|1846]])
* September 17 – [[John Goodricke]], English [[astronomer]] (died [[1786 in science|1786]])
* October – [[William Symington]], [[Scottish people|Scottish]] mechanical engineer and steamboat pioneer (died [[1831 in science|1831]])
* November 10 – [[Andrés Manuel del Río]], [[Spanish people|Spanish]] [[chemist]] (died [[1849 in science|1849]])
* [[Maria Medina Coeli]], Italian physician (died [[1846 in science|1846]])
* ''Approx. date'' – [[Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)|Alexander Mackenzie]], [[Scottish people|Scottish]] explorer (died [[1820 in science|1820]])

==Deaths==
* March 17
** [[William Oliver (physician)|William Oliver]], English physician (born [[1695 in science|1695]])
** [[George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield]], English astronomer (born c. [[1696 in science|1696]])
* September 2 – Rev. [[Nathaniel Bliss]], English [[Astronomer Royal]] (born [[1700 in science|1700]])
* November 20 – [[Christian Goldbach]], [[Prussia]]n [[mathematician]] (born [[1690 in science|1690]])

==References==
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